Question follow-through · 23959
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the affordability of prescriptions on people with long-term conditions.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the affordability of prescriptions on people with long-term conditions.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the community in England. There are a wide range of exemptions from prescription charges already in place, for which those with long-term conditions may be eligible, to support the af...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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